Street-railway switch.



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PATENTED JAN. 13, 1903.

G. T. OSBORN. STREET RAILWAY SWITCH.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 6, 1902.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE THOMAS OSBORN, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

STREET-RAILWAY SWITCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,510, dated January 13, 1903. Application filed September 6, 1902. Serial No. 122,402. (No model.)

To a, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE THOMAS Os- BORN, a citizen or the United States, residingat Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented a new and useful Street-Railway Switch, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in streetrailway switches; and the object is to provide means wherebya switch can be operated from a moving car by the motorman or driver.

I am aware that a number of devices have been invented to be attached to cars and which are adapted to throw switches and that switches have been invented which are adapted to be engaged by these devices.

I do not claim the switch-throwing apparatus attached to the car,as myimprovement can be used in connection with a number-of such devices.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is Fig. 2 is a perspective view of parts of same. Fig. 3 is a vertical section about on the line 3 3 of 'Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a side elevation, parts being broken away to show the application of my device. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the switch-bar.

' Fig. 6 is a vertical section about on the line 6 6 of Fig. 4..

In the above drawings, A A represent the rails of a car-track, B the frog, and O the switch-point, which is pivoted at O by means of the depending lug O in the usual manner. Secured near the opposite end of the point or integral with it is a dependent perforated plate D, to which is secured, by suitable nuts D, the outwardly-bent end of a rod E. This rod is an arm of a transverse rod E,which eX-' tends across the track beneath the rails to a point outside of same and is adapted to be moved back and forth transversely of the track. Upon each side of the track in advance of the switch-point and on the outer side of the rails are arranged narrow longitudinal upwardly-open casings F.

Extending longitudinally within these casings are the switch-bars F, which are pivoted at their forward ends by pivots F and at their rear ends. are perforated at F and connected to the respective outer ends of the bar E. The casing F is slightly wider at its rear end than at the front and is'adapted to permit a lateral movement of the switch-bar for a distance at least equal to the thickness of the flanges in the car-wheels. Toward its forward end the switch-bar isbeveled along the upper half of its outer side, as at F thus forming, in conjunction with the outer wall of the casing, a wedge-like groove. Both switch-bars and casings are of the same construction.

In Fig. 4, G represents a car, and G a switchthrowing device operated from the front of the car by the lever G and rod G This device is shown to illustrate the working of my device, and it is obvious that when the operating-arm G is lowered and its end enters the wedge formed 'by the beveled face F and the outer wall of the casing F, the switch-bar will be forced over parallel to and against the inner wall of the casing, which is formed by the outer side of the rail A. This movement of the switch-bar, or either of them, will be communicated through the medium of the rod E to the arm E and thence to the switch-point O,Which will be drawn over against the guiderail A permitting the wheels of the car to continue along the rails A instead of passing to the rails A.

It is obvious that any means may be used on.the car for throwing the above-described switch without afiecting my invention, which is in the construction of the parts attached to the track. 7

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1.. In combination with a railway-switch, a casing open at the top and the forward end secured adjacent the outer sides of the rails, of a pivoted switch-bar having a beveled end resting in said casing and a rigid connection between the bar and the switch-point.

2. In combination with a railway-switch,an open casing secured on the outer side of the rail in advance of the switch, of a pivoted bar adapted to swing horizontally in said case, said bar having an outer beveled face at its forward end, and a rigid connection between the free end of the bar and the switch-point.

GEORGE THOMAS OSBORN.

Witnesses:

GRACE E. HENDEY, W. T. MOYERS. 

